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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10688
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) taxation

United Kingdom opposes VAT increase imposed by Brussels

Brussels, 13/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 10 September, the United Kingdom decided to take matters to the Court of the European Union (probably at the beginning of next year) to protest against a reasoned opinion the European Commission sent it on 21 June demanding that it increase its reduced (5%) rate of VAT to normal rates (20%) applied on the supply and installation of, “energy-saving materials” because these materials are not on the list of goods subject to reduced rates of VAT...

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